Dr Olivia Ong - The Heart-Centredness of Medicine

<p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Dr Ong knows full well what burnout and fatigue is like after a severe car accident in 2008 when she was told she would never walk again as a paraplegic, but beat the odds. The medical leadership mentor and pain physician has released a new book, The Heart-Centeredness of Medicine, which includes mind, heart, body and external self-care strategies for burnout prevention and recovery. She says that reform is needed to ensure burnout doesn’t cripple the healthcare system.\n\n“The healthcare industry needs to have access to RDOs, doctors should be allowed to claim overtime and working hours need to change to protect wellbeing” she says. “We need improved communication, relationships and leadership to protect our healthcare industry from severe retention decline and a dramatic healthcare system breakdown.”"}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":8961,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0,"16":9}"> Luke and Susie speak to Dr Ong about how to combat burnout as someone, who knows full well what burnout and fatigue is like after a severe car accident in 2008. She was told she would never walk again as a paraplegic, but beat the odds.</span></p> <p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"Dr Ong knows full well what burnout and fatigue is like after a severe car accident in 2008 when she was told she would never walk again as a paraplegic, but beat the odds. The medical leadership mentor and pain physician has released a new book, The Heart-Centeredness of Medicine, which includes mind, heart, body and external self-care strategies for burnout prevention and recovery. She says that reform is needed to ensure burnout doesn’t cripple the healthcare system.\n\n“The healthcare industry needs to have access to RDOs, doctors should be allowed to claim overtime and working hours need to change to protect wellbeing” she says. “We need improved communication, relationships and leadership to protect our healthcare industry from severe retention decline and a dramatic healthcare system breakdown.”"}" data-sheets-u